Plays for Twois a unique anthology of twenty-eight terrific plays for two actors, by a mix of celebrated playwrights and cutting-edge new voices.

It takes two to tango - or to perform a duet, fight a duel, or play ping-pong. The two-character play is dramatic confrontation stripped to its essence. These four full-length and twenty-four short plays feature pairs of every sort - strangers, rivals, parents and children, siblings, co-workers, friends, and lovers - swooning or sparring, meeting cute or parting ways. In a dizzying range of moods and styles, these two-handers offer the kind of meaty, challenging roles actors love, while providing readers and audiences with the pleasures of watching the complex give-and-take dynamics of two keenly matched characters.

Eric Lane is an award-winning playwright, filmmaker and book editor. Plays include: Times of War, Cater-Waiter and Dancing on Checkers' Grave, which starred Jennifer Aniston. He is Artistic Director of Orange Thoughts Productions, a not-for-profit theater & film company in New York City.

Nina Shengold is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, editor and journalist. Since 1991, she has been Artistic Director of the theatre company Actors & Writers.